Calendar-stand.



3. MARX. CALENDAR STAND. APPLICATION FILED m1. 3| I916.

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD MARX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 DEFIANCEMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- RATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

CALENDAR-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

I To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD MARX, a citizenof the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented cer tain Improvements in Calendar-Stands, of which thefollowing is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a calendar stand or holderparticularly for use on desks, tables, and the like, which shall beparticularly adapted to receive a series of sheets printed to constitutea calendar and also available for use to receive memoranda, theconstruction of the device bein such as to permit of the prominent dispay of any one of said sheets so as to exhibit advertising materialthereon and facilitate easy insertion and removal of the individualsheets.

It is further desired to provide a calendar stand which while beingrelatively compact and substantial, shall so support the sheets of aseries that the particular one whose surface is exposed shall always liein the same plane regardless of the number of sheets in the bundle orpacket to which it belongs.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for yieldinglypressing one or any number of sheets toward a positioning abutment,together with a relatively simple combination of parts for so supportingcertain of the calendar sheets that the center of gravity of the wholedevice shall be relativel low.

These 0 ects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a calendar stand constructed accordingto my invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations lllllS- trating the positions ofcertain of the parts of the device when all of the sheets are includedin a single series supported upon the body, and when said sheets arearranged in two series respectively;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the body of the stand 5 r Fig. 5 1s aperspective view of the back; and

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the members constituting partof the spring hinge.

In the above drawings the supporting body or base of the stand isillustrated as consisting of a piece of sheet metal having two flatportions 1 and 2 lying in planes at an obtuse angle to each other, thelower end of the part 1 being transversely curved or corrugated asindicated at 3 to constitute a pencil or pen holder. The lower end ofthe part 2 is likewise outwardly curved to provide a smooth undersurface and the longitudinal edges of the part 1 are preferably turneddown as indicated at 4. Adjacent the edge formed by the junction of theparts 1 and 2 are two struck up lugs or fingers 5 lying in a plane atright angles to the plane of the part 2 of the body, in positions toconstitute abutments for the lower edges of a series of calendar sheetsas when these rest upon said part 2.

Suitably attached to the part 1 adjacent its upper edge are a pair ofparallel and relatively heavy wires 6 constituting sheet guiding bars,which after projecting upwardly in lines perpendicular with the surfaceof the part 1, are bent back in a gentle curve and are then rearwardlyextended in lines perpendicular to the plane of the fingers 5;in whichplane they terminate.

For supporting the series of sheets in an upright position upon the part2 of the body I provide a fiat plate or sheet of metal constituting aback member 8, the center of whose lower edge is provided with a T-shaped' extension 9 designed to slide in a slot 7 extending centrally ofthe part 2 of the body from a point adjacent its upper edge to within ashort distance of its lower edge. This slot is of a width slightlylarger than the width of the neck of the proyection 9 and istransversely elongated at its lower end to permit of the insertion ofthe head of said projection.

The back member 8 has substantially flat forwardly extending andoutwardly flared guide fingers 10 projecting from its sides adjacenttheir lower ends, to prevent the lateral displacement of the calendarsheets, and this member is at all times pressed toward the rcarwardlyprojecting extremities of the guide bars 6 and the fingers 5 by a springactuated brace or hinge member 11 whose upper edge is slightly curvedbackward to permit it to slidably engage the back regardless of itsangleto said brace, as indicated at 12. The central part of the lower edge ofthis brace is bent back and down in a substantially circular are asindicated at 13, while the two outer quarters of said edge are cut awayas shown in F ig. (i. The part '2 of the body adjacent its lower edgehas two struck up hinge members 14 projecting on opposite sides of theslot 7, and formed with their outer extremities 16 circularly curved soas to be inwardly concave. the distance between them being slightlygreater than the length of the portion 13 of the brace 11.

The transverse width of the hinge members 14 is slightly less than thedistance from the side of said brace 11 to the adjacent end 'of itscurved portion 13 and in assembling the parts of the device, a hinge orpivot pin 15 whose length is about equal to the width of the brace 11 isplaced in the curved depressions provided by the members 14. The curvedpart 13 of the brace is then placed on said pin between the members 14and a longitudinally split tube 17 of spring material is forced over themembers 13 and 11 so as to inclose their curved portions with the pivotpin 15, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

With this construction the brace 11 is free to turn on the pin 15 as apivot but is at all times caused to forcibly press the back 8 toward theabutments formed by the projections 5 and the extremities of the guidebars 6.

In using the above device it is customary to provide a pad calendarconsisting of a series of paper sheets indicated at :1: in Fig. 2,perforated adjacent one end to receive the guide bars 6. These sheetswould be placed in position by moving the back 8 rearwardly against theaction of the springpressed brace 11 and thereafter placing a convenientnumber of said sheets upon the rearwardly projecting ends of the bars 6,from which position they would be slid forwardly and then permitted todrop into the position shown in Fig. '2. It will be understood that suchsheets, in addition to containing numerals, etc, indicating the day.month and year, could also have advertising material. From time to timethese sheets are raised from the column or series a: by sliding themupwardly upon the guide bars and then moving them rearwardly thereonuntil theback '8 was engaged.

Said back would then be moved away from the extremities of the bars 6 sothat the sheet or sheets would drop into the position shown at w in Fig.3 wlth the lower edge thereof resting upon the part 2 of the body in aplane immediately to the rear'of that of the fingers 5. Under the actionof the spring 17 and the brace 11, the back 8 would press the sheets ofthe second series at toward the ends of the bars 6 and said fingers 5,so that regardiess of the number of said sheets and of the thickness ofsaid series it, the surface of the sheetlast moved from the pile m wouldbe held in an upright position in the plane defined approximately by thefingers 5 and the extremities of the guide bars. Obviously with such adisposition of the parts the center of %ravlty of the stand and of theseries of s'eets sup ported thereby remains at all times relatively low.so that there is practically no danger of the device being easily upset.Moreover the sheets may be moved from one position to the other with theutmost ease as well as put in or removed from the stand in a relativelyshort time. Any advertising material on the front sheet of the series atis prominently displayed and the topmost sheet of the series 00 may beconveniently used to receive memoranda.

I claim I. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body;guide bars extending upwardly and terminating in rearwardly projectingfree end portions; with means movable toward and from said portions forsupporting the calendar sheets and pressing them against the extremitiesof said end portions.

The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide barsextending upwardiy and terminating in rearwardly projecting free endportions; means movable toward and from said portions for supporting thecalendar sheets and" pressing them against the extremities of the endportions: and structures on the body cooperating with said portions ofthe guide bars to define the position of the sheet or sheets held bysaid means.

3. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide barsextending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom; with a back member lying ina plane at right angles to the line of the rearwardly extending parts ofsaid bars and slidable bodily toward and from the extremities of thebars in a line parallel to the lines of said rearwardly extending parts.

4. The combination in a calendar stand of a upporting body; guide barsextending; up and terminating in' rearwardly projecfiing ortions; a backslidably guided. on the body so as to be movable'relatively to saidportions of the guide bars; and a. s ring acting on said back to forceit towar the main portions of said guide bars.

5. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body havin two atan angle 'to each other; e bars projecting; upwardly from one part ofthe body and terminating in rearwardly extending portions; a backslidably guided on the second part of the body so as to be movafila Wardand from the rearwardly projecting portions of the guide bars; and meansfor pressing the back toward the guide bars.

6. The combination in a calendar stand of a body having a sheetsupporting surface; guide bars extending upwardly and terminating inrearwardly projecting portions; fingers providing abutments alsoprojecting from the body and cooperating with the extremities of saidguide bars to define the position of a calendar sheet; with means forpressing the sheet toward said projections and guide bar extremities.

7. The combination in a calendar stand of a body having a sheetsupporting surface; guide bars extending upwardly and terminating inrearwardly projecting portions; fingers providing abutments alsoprojecting from the body and cooperating with the extremities of saidguide bars to define the position of a calendar sheet; with means forpressing the sheet toward said projections and guide bar extremities;the same consisting of a sliclably guided back; and a spring acting onsaid back to press it with the sheet or sheets toward the projectionsand guide bar extremities.

8. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide barsprojecting upwardly therefrom for the reception of a series of calendarsheets; with a structure adapted to engage the bottom edges of a secondseries of calendar sheets on the body and including a portion positionedto support said sheets to the rear of the guide bars with the foremostof their number abutted against the end of said-bars in a plane at anangle to the planes of the first series of sheets.

9. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide barsthereon for holding a series of sheets and having rearwardly projectingfree ends; and means for holding a second series of sheets in an uprightposition at an angle to the sheets of the first series, and detachedfrom said bars but pressed against the rearwardly projecting endsthereof with their lower edges below the upper edges of the first seriesof sheets. 10. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body;guide bars thereon for holding a series of sheets; means for holding asecond series of sheets in planes at an angle to the sheets of the firstseries; and a back member; with means for causing the sheets of thesecond series to be clamped between said member and the guide bars.

11. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide barsthereon having rearwardly pro ecting portions; projections from the bodyplaced to cooperate with said projecting portions of the ide bars todefine the position of a series ofialend ar sheets; a back plate havingside arms; and means for forcing said plate toward the guide bars andprojecting portions of the 12 The combination in a calendar stand of asupporting body; means for supporting calendar sheets thereon consistingof abutment members; a back member movable toward and from said abutmentmembers; and spring means acting to force the back member toward theabutment members; the same consisting of a plate having a projectingportion; a cooperating projection from the body; a hinge pin; and asplit tubular spring engaging said two projections to force the platetoward the back member.

13. The combination in a calendar stand of a sheet metal supporting bodyhaving two portions of which one has a slot and is bent at an obtuseangle to the other; guide bars projecting from one part and extendingrearwardly to constitute abutments; fingers struck up from the bodyadjacent the line of junction of its two parts; a back plate having aportion slidable in the slot of the second part of the body; and aspring hinge operative on said back plate to force it toward theabutments provided by the guide bars and said fingers.

RICHARD MARX.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommluioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

